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POLITIgAy J N
The case of the stale mlmta some
$230,000, against “Jack Jones, went a- .
gainst him. Jones is represented as i
without criminal fault, if we except
gross carelessness, lie lias said
profited by the losses flTtlie i
ing poor, even destitute.
uiav respond.
.Secretary Sherman has established
world wide confidence in the monetary j
affairs of the government. Now let the
South strike for world wide confidence j
in its political stability and devotion to
the f'uinn and prosperity will he ours. .
-
We publish the exposition of Dr. Fel
tons views on the political situation as
they are given by u correspondent of the
Augusta Constitutionalist feeling
no little pleasure in the tacts that con
firm tin* charges of sectionalism we j
have urged against tin* bourbons and
express the same fear that their old
revolutionary tendency as allies of the
national democracy again .threatens
the peace, quiet, and order #f the coun
try
The election in Ohio this fall, it is
thought, w ill greatly clear up the Pres
idential aspect, ('buries Foster bus been
nominated as the Republican candidate
and Senator Thurman, it, is said, will
lead the democracy. With the election
of Foster it is argued Sherman's chan
ces will be lietter than Grant.*. The elec
tion of Thurman for Governor will se
cure his nomination for the Presidency.
We are indebted to the Publisher, Of
A. Wilcox, Broadway, N. Y. for a copy
of his very valuable business
embracing maps of all the States nMB
valuable informatb^to
The Constitution , sm?i\
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them in the liridH|!f§§
kilim, is, add-. jllllß
in Alauta that
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district readily
viewed, with the following rcstilt:
<'ortvspondontl w(nhi^^tetoho:i
your views. Dr. Eglfon^y^
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MARIETTA, GEORGIA. THURSDAY JUNE 5, 187*
doubted last winter w hen
it was made necessary by the failure of
certain bills, and now,
that its probable results are apparent to
all men, I am confirmed in the opinion
that it wiia a {ffilitical blunder. While
the debate lias liecn? characterized by
unusual ability, yet at the same time
sectional strife and partisan bitterness
have seemingly ruled our deliberations.
Old wounds have been re-opened and
battle fields have passed with panoram
ic horror Lb rough the hails of our fed
eral when we had pursuad-
tturselves that they were overgrown
•• fth flowers and evergreens. The ef-
has been made to revive all the pas
hms and bates of our civil war, to sec
tlonalizo the count ry , to solidify the
north and to solidify the south,and then
to throw these two great divisions of a
common country, thus antagonized, in
to the political struggle of next year.
The effort has been made, and l think
it was the prompting motive in origi
nating this extra session, to create new’
political issues for the next presiden
tial campaign. This would he desirable
if with some ‘new issues’ we could sup
plant the old issue of sectionalism
which has so long blighted and mil
dewed the legislation of this country;
but I fear the‘new issue’ were intend
ed to divert the popular mind from the
financial and revenue reforms demand
:ed by the labor of the country. There
; are many aspiring party managers who
w ould like to see these “new issues’’
! supplant the questions: “Shall we have
j an unlimited coinuge of silver?’ —Shall
we modify or abolish the rax on tobac
j coand whiskey y-Shall we remodel our
I tariff duties so as to make it. a tariff for
! revenue only, instean of a tariff for pro
tection?”—“Shall we levy a tax on the
millions of dollars invested in the bonds
of the government instead of taxing the
; industries ountry ?” These and
ncstious are now of
Bican people
ects. Noth
them in our
us. Men are
mis of their
ition ot per
eoinfortable
households,
aion of an-
|^Bictions.
BMiaf do you think
■ policy ofthedem-
L would bo the wis-
W after the president
to, and the issue is
||, to withhold sup-
bill?
!roe logis*
i V ioioua
egal ami
l>(. by sir-
fnTe great se-
MmM. it ii
Ill'll.
: V-Bp • r i ' ‘
nfrl^
■ -"Bi i
, .ijMile
||||KtiiUtm :neBBB
lij^BiH V|l voted uni-
B:.th- party in la-
ycognhre the
■ ol the president to
fcj'uj- ‘V.He has the
Breve that we have
Hp* tint an net of
Bn to exercise
Bn be no despotism
Bnstitwtional right.
n.trgl
ing vetoed oil these bills? It has been
suggested that we adjourn without ma
king the necessary appropriations to
carry on the government —that we
should let the army disband and expose
our frontier to the Indian and Mexican
depredations—that we shoud force our
federal courts to suspend their function
for twelve months —let crime go unpun- •
i.-hcU and civil cases go untried —that •
we should close all department- and
prodfA* an interregnum of governmen
tal for the space of one year.
suggestions, in my judgment,
whence they may, are sim-
Why should we thus at
ripple the government ? Shall
because we have been defeat
ed laws that have been on
the statute books for many years, and
under the operation of which laws the
democratic party has been restored to
power in botli houses of congress? The
i south as a section cannot afford to go on
record as a revolutionary element in
i this government. Nor should northern
fanatics, of either party, force the exi
gency upon us. The south expects her
representatives to act with wisdom and
I prudence. We are not sent here to man
ufacture political capital for presiden
tial aspirants, independent of our duty
to the whole country. I think the high
; pressure excitement of this whole ses
sion has impressed the public with its
I artificial and faetitous character.
It may be considered an evidence of
pluck, if not of patriotism, to stand
here and to ‘fight it out on this line if it
takes all summer,’ but 1 run much rais
! taken if this “wordy war” of giants
I will supply the popular demand for ma
terial assistance and political quiet,
which the south so greatly needs.
Having failed to accomplish the re
peal of the measures in question, at this
session of congress, we should pass
i the appropriation bills without delay
—thus supporting and sustaining our
government. If further delay promised
any favorable outlook, w’e might coun
; sel it —but we can see nothing ahead but
; continued debate. —prolonged and
: stormy to the end of the chapter. The
president has assumed, the responsibili
ty of the veto—we cannot risk a depar
ture from constitutional methods tore
i buke his action. The issue has been
‘ made. The position of every member
of congress is well. understood by his
recorded votes. Let. the whole matter be
! carried to the people—to that final arbi
. ter of all political questions—the ballot
! box. I protest that the democratic par
ty is not and will not become a revolu
tionary party. Whatever else it- may
inscribe oil its banners, it will yet keep
■ emblazoned on its folds the constitution
i the union ami laws.— Chronicle and (.'on*
i stitutiouaHst.
p It is possible that the fourth estate,as
the pioneer of mind, may really become
the first. From every quarter comes the
gratifying intelligence of progressive
newspaper independence. Even the
ChrmMe and C'oustttutionalM denies
that it is a party organ being willing to
give both sides of any question a fair
hearing. The Savannah
marks upon this avowal:
“That is the idea,that is the right tone,
that is the way to teach the people to be
independent. A paVtv ‘organ’ is a par
ty tool, a party horn blower, an echo of
party leaders,*conventions and caucus
es. When self-constituted parlv* lead
ers, ring organizers and nb?3Y stuhip.
speakers learn that the press isfy depen
dent of them and their opinions, theru
will be less of demagog ism on their para
and more of intelligence on the part ofl
the people.” \ - 1
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